Austin abortion provider says opponents bought out clinic's lease, forcing move

[TexasTowelie]

Staffers of a nonprofit abortion care provider, which is at the center of a major lawsuit challenging abortion restrictions, packed up their offices in North Austin on Thursday and prepared to relocate after they say that opponents bought out the lease for their building.

Whole Woman’s Health of Austin closed its offices to patients earlier this week and plans to reopen Feb. 26 at its new location at the 4100 block of Duval Road, near the Domain.

The nonprofit works with Whole Woman’s Health Alliance, which was a plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case that in 2016 successfully challenged Texas regulations that would have closed more than half of the state’s abortion clinics. The group is currently involved in three lawsuits seeking to overturn abortion regulations in Texas.

“The anti-abortion movement’s attacks on us continue — from the Legislature to the courts and even behind the scenes with our realtors and vendors, but we persist, and we prevail,” said Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder and president of Whole Woman’s Health Alliance.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20190221/abortion-provider-says-opponents-bought-out-clinics-lease-forcing-move

[Atticus]

1. How does one "buy out a lease" unless it is with the consent of the tenant?

In the usual situation, even the purchase of the leased premises would have to be "subject to" the pre-existing lease and the occupying tenant would have the legally enforceable right to remain for the full lease term.

[2naSalit]

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